drax in # movies • 1 hour ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Carefree (1938)When such formidable talents like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are together on screen, that could easily elevate films that otherwise...drax in # movies • 7 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Volga-Volga (1938)It never hurts for a filmmaker to enjoy the favour of people at the top level of government. During the Great Purge in the Soviet Union it...drax in # movies • 14 hours ago • 6 min readFilm Review: J'accuse (1938)J’accuse (1919), a film by Abel Gance, is considered one of the classics of French silent cinema, one of the first major films to deal with...drax in # movies • 20 hours ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Blockade (1938)Hollywood is known for its authors traditionally having their politics set firmly on the Left. Many of them have never shied from...drax in # movies • yesterday • 5 min readFilm Review: You Can't Take It with You (1938)If a filmmaker is talented enough, even some of their great and highly regarded works can look like lesser parts of their filmography. For...drax in # movies • yesterday • 6 min readFilm Review: Bringing Up Baby (1938)The chasm between critics and the general public is best illustrated by films championed as the greatest ever made by the former and...drax in # movies • yesterday • 6 min readFilm Review: La Marseillaise (1938)Historical films, especially those with epic scope or ambitions, are seldom used for experimentation. Priorities of propaganda or...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)Warner Bros. stood among the grand studios of Classic Hollywood for being specialised in gangster films. In that way, it delivered the...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 7 min readFilm Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)In the days before home video, the only way for people to watch films at their complete convenience was to use cinema projectors in their...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Peter the Great (Pyotr pervyy, 1937-1938)In the tumultuous years preceding World War II, the Stalin regime recognised the need to prepare Soviet citizens for the impending conflict...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: The Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion, 1937)Great art doesn’t have to be explicit in order to be powerful. A good example can be found in The Grand Illusion, a 1937 French film...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Nothing Sacred (1937)“Fake news” is a phrase that has been used a great deal in the past few years, often in order to describe a seemingly new and sinister...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)In the late 19th century, the average British person considered the European continent to be something quite foreign, and its eastern...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Conquest (1937)Trailers for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon have created considerable interest among cinephiles, but those more familiar with film history may...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 7 min readFilm Review: A Star Is Born (1937)Hollywood is often described as a “dream factory” and, as such, the prime purpose of its films was to deliver an illusion to the audience....drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: The Thirteen (Trinadtsat, 1937)Soviet cinema developed its very specific genre, later known to international critics as "Ostern" or "Red Western". In essence, these films...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Shall We Dance (1937)George Gershwin is considered one of the greatest American composers of all time. Much of his fame came from successfully blending...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Bizarre, Bizarre (Drôle de drame, 1937)French director Marcel Carné is best known for his period drama epic Children of Paradise and his 1930s crime dramas that are considered...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (Scipione l'Africano, 1937) The Italian military record in the Second World War is traditionally a source of ridicule, but a decade earlier, it was quite another...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Lost Horizon (1937)While there were many things 1930s Hollywood was good at, few matched its ability to provide escapist entertainment. And that was exactly...
